Psalms 44:22

“For for your sake we are killed all the day; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.”
Psalms 44:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Forכִּיfor your sakeעָלֶיךָwe are killedהֹרַגְנוּallכָלthe day;הַיּוֹםwe are countedנֶחְשַׁבְנוּas sheepכְּצֹאןfor slaughter.טִבְחָה

Quotation · Romans 8:36

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Paul quotes Psalm 44:22 almost word for word.

Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι “as it is written” (Romans 8:36)

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Greek of the New Testament: καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι Ἕνεκεν σοῦ θανατούμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָל הַיּוֹם נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָה

Septuagint (Psalms 43:23 in the Septuagint numbering): ὅτι ἕνεκα σοῦ θανατούμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 9 consecutive words: “σοῦ θανατούμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Psalms 44:22, word by word

we are killedהֹרַגְנוּhoragnu

kill

Kill, slay.

Where else “horagnu” appears

the dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears

we are countedנֶחְשַׁבְנוּnechshavnu

count

To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.

Where else “nechshavnu” appears

as sheepצֹאןtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tson” appears

for slaughterטִבְחָהtivcha

slaughter

Killing without defense, as is done with sheep going to the slaughter.

Where else “tivcha” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes this verse in Romans 8:36.

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Quotation · Romans 8:36

Paul quotes Psalm 44:22 almost word for word.

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Psalms 44:22

²²For for your sake we are killed all the day; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.

Romans 8:36

³⁶As it is written: For your sake we are being put to death all the day; we were counted as sheep for slaughter.

The context

21would not Elohim search out this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 · This verse (above)

23Wake up! Why do you sleep, Adonai? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

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